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Downtown Aquarium, Denver

With more than a million gallons of underwater exhibits and 500 species highlighting fascinating ecosystems around the world, Downtown Aquarium, Denver blends education and entertainment. Stroll through a see-through tunnel with sharks swimming overhead, meet playful stingrays, and dine beside aquatic life (food and beverages not included). It’s fun for all ages!

Denver CityPASS includes:

General Admission: Aquarium Exhibit — Entry includes 1 million gallons of underwater exhibits with more than 500 species on display.

Highlights

  1. 01.

    Learn about the variety of interesting marine habitats on the North American continent and the wonderful creatures that live in them.

  2. 02.

    See how animals in a wharf habitat have adapted to survive tides, crashing waves, and tough environments.

  3. 03.

    See a sunken temple, a shipwreck, and a coral lagoon, and explore how those features influence the habitat and the animals around them.

Visit Downtown Aquarium, Denver with CityPASS®

CityPASS tickets offer a great way to see Downtown Aquarium, Denver while saving you time and money.

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Advice for Visitors

Tips

To get the full experience, allow about three hours for your visit.

Learn more on the CityPASS Blog about what you'll see at the Downtown Aquarium.

Attraction Features

Amenities

Dining: Aquarium Restaurant, Dive Lounge

Shopping: Treasure Chest Gift Shop

Parking/Transportation

Paid parking (cash or credit card) is available across the street from the Aquarium. Get more information on parking and transportation.

Offers & Upgrades

Aquarium Exhibit Value Ticket

This upgrade includes one 4-D experience and your choice of two: Face Painting, Small Soda, Stingray Fish Food. Cost for CityPASS guests: $9.

Aquarium Plus Pass

This upgrade includes one 4-D experience. Cost for CityPASS guests: $7.

Animal Encounters

Have a one-on-one encounter with an Aquarium resident. Depending on the animal, you may be able to feed, touch, train and/or get your picture taken with the animal. You can meet the porcupine, sloth, serval, binturong, snakes, tortoises and parrots. Cost for CityPASS guests: $150 (party of 6) for a private encounter, $100 for each additional animal.

SCUBA & Snorkel Adventures

Swim with the Fish and Dive with the Sharks are two of the most popular and exciting programs at the Aquarium. To reserve a dive, visit www.a1scuba.com or call 303-789-2450.

Contact Information & Hours

  • Downtown Aquarium
  • 700 Water St.
  • Denver, CO 80211
  • Mon-Thu: 10am-8pm
  • Fri-Sat: 10am-9pm
  • Sun: 10am-8pm

Hours may vary; check the schedule when planning your visit.

Read reviews from CityPASS® travelers.

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Excellent way to experience Denver
Very happy we decided to buy the CityPASS. Great cost savings and easy entrance to everything.
Best Deal Ever
If you're visiting or just need to have fun, save money by buying this CityPASS. We saved so much money on some great attractions. I highly recommend anyone to buy this. its so easy to use too. I cant wait to visit again!
Amazing deal
CityPASS is such an amazing deal. We had a blast on our vacation!
Love CityPASS
Purchased CityPASS for my family while in Denver and so glad I did. Saved money and we were able to do more activities than planned. Would definitely recommend.
Infinite Love
I bought the CityPASS when I visited Denver about a week ago. It was convenient, cheap, and it gave me no issues at all. Thank you CityPASS. I will purchase again real soon.
Denver CityPASS is rated 4.6 out of 5 by 909.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Easy and Economical CityPASS was so easy to use and saved us at least 40 percent. It also helped us learn about options for our Denver trip.
Date published: 2026-08-09
Rated 2 out of 5 by from Lost money this time as first time user CiryPASS was a good concept, but did not save me money in the long run. I bought pass for myself snd my two teens for 3 events. Unfortunately, could only go one day out of the week which is on us since we only we able to go to two locations in an 8 hour period. That was ok. Although, I had to pay for three full priced passes for each of us ages 12 and older I really did not need to for one of the locations since under 18 years old was free at this particular museum. The other location gave us the most basic pass. So I lost money and even if I used pass for all three we intended to go to I would have list money with my teens and only saved about $5 for myself. I had some idea how much admission would be looking at websites, but should have done a deeper investigation. So just do your homework.
Date published: 2026-08-06
Rated 3 out of 5 by from It's a good deal Having to go into the event space and redeeming your tickets was a pain, with the pass you should be good to go . The Aquarium was just OK.
Date published: 2026-07-28
Rated 3 out of 5 by from Partisanship Interesting, but I was disappointed in how one-sided your city's museums are. Very partisan, ignoring the fact that there are difficult things done by both sides of most conflicts, and that good science is not only represented by evolutionists.
Date published: 2026-07-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by from so worth it! This made our vacation easy to plan and so worth it. We were able to get go to all the places we wanted to and then some extra. We went to some places that I never would have gone to had it not been included in the pass. We had a great experience and the pass made it affordable. Took the added budgeting out of the equation which made the vacation so much more enjoyable
Date published: 2026-07-19
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